Senior Software Engineer, Play Points Infrastructure, Play Monetization

Google•Mountain View, CA

15h•$174,000 - $252,000

About The Position

Google software engineers develop technologies that enable billions of users to connect, explore, and interact with information. This role works on projects critical to Google, with opportunities to take on new problems across the full stack as the business evolves. The Play Points Infrastructure team creates and supports intelligent, scalable, and cost-efficient platform capabilities for loyalty experiences across Google Play and Google. As part of the Play Incentives organization, the team builds an adaptable catalog of earning and redemption mechanics, promotional capabilities, and partner integration frameworks, collaborating with third-party developers and first-party Google teams to support ecosystem growth. The role designs and develops platform features, supports experimentation, and builds observability for global loyalty services serving more than 350 million members. Google Play offers digital content and apps across devices and the web, and the Google Play team builds backend systems, shapes product strategy, and develops content partnerships that support the Android ecosystem.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience with software development in Java programming languages.
3 years of experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
Experience in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
1 year of experience in a technical leadership role driving technical alignment and collaborating with Product Managers and cross-functional teams across multiple Google product areas.
1 year of experience with large-scale A/B testing frameworks, experimentation best practices, and ML-driven personalization systems.
Experience with data analysis and visualization tools.

Responsibilities

Design and develop full-stack product and platform features, including backend services, reusable cross-product partner integration APIs, distributed storage, and data aggregation pipelines.
Contribute to the setup, execution, and analysis of large-scale A/B experiments to optimize acquisition and cross-ecosystem spend.
Build observability and monitoring systems to track latency, reliability, and transaction integrity across global loyalty services serving more than 350 million members.
Collaborate with Product Managers, UX Designers, Data Scientists, Marketing, Legal, and engineering teams across Play and first-party partner product areas to deliver cohesive cross-Google user experiences backed by scalable infrastructure.
Participate in or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to evaluate technology options.